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Karen Ruth Bass (/ ˈ b æ s /; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010, serving as speaker during her final Assembly term.
The mayor of Los Angeles is the chief executive of the Government of Los Angeles as set in the city charter. The current officeholder, the 43rd in the sequence of regular mayors, is Karen Bass , a member of the Democratic Party , though the office has been nonpartisan since 1909.
The office of Alcalde, the Mayor of El Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles, was established in 1781 and elected annually without the right to reelection for two years. [3] [4] [5] In 1841, the office of alcalde was abolished, instead being replaced by two Jueces de Paz (Justice of the peace).
The former Los Angeles fire chief ousted by Mayor Karen Bass after the most destructive wildfire in the city's history sought Tuesday to reclaim her job, with unionized firefighters arguing that ...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, left, looks on as Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley talks during a news conference at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in the West Carson area of Los ...
In 1973 Bradley became the first liberal mayor of Los Angeles and the first black mayor of a major city with a white majority. Bradley was the second black mayor of a major city after Kenneth A. Gibson in Newark. The Bradley coalition transformed Los Angeles from a conservative, white-dominated city to a liberal multiracial one.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire continues to burn on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles ...
Richard Joseph Riordan (May 1, 1930 – April 19, 2023) was an American businessman, investor, military commander, philanthropist, and politician. A decorated Korean War veteran and a member of the Republican Party, Riordan served as the 39th mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001; he remains the most recent Republican to hold that office.